FCA to cut red tape for investment firms in bid to streamline regulation

Volume of legal text cut by 70%

Linus Uhlig
clock • 2 min read

Investment firms are set to undergo a streamlining of the rules about the types of funds that they are required to hold, as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) aims to alleviate unnecessary regulation for asset managers.

The FCA has proposed measures that will strip down the rules on the types of funds that firms must hold to maintain financial stability during periods of stress so that they are able to absorb losses.  As the current regulatory capital rules were tailored for banks, "there are large sections which are not relevant to the vast majority of firms", the FCA explained, meaning these rules do not align with the business models of many investment firms. The changes floated by the regulator, which would reduce the volume of legal text by 70%, would not alter the existing rules about the quant...

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